Heritage Museum of Orange County

Heritage Museum of Orange County HMOC is a 12acre Historical Monument & EventsCenter dedicated to Preserving,Promoting & Restoring OC!
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Heritage Museum of Orange County is one of the most interesting cultural and natural history centers in Southern California. The centerpiece of the museum, which covers nearly 12 acres in all, is a historic plaza featuring several buildings from the 1890s set amid extensive floral gardens and citrus groves. Among these is the Kellogg House, familiar to teachers and students throughout Orange Count

y as a favorite field trip destination for nearly 25 years as well as to the community as a premier wedding and events center

05/30/2026

🦖🦕We’re 2 weeks out from Dino time! 🤩HMOC is bringing back one of our absolute favorite FREE events on Sat June 13th!! With roaming dinosaur characters, Jurassic Park Jeeps, fossils, paleontologists, archaeology, crafts, Blacksmith shop demos, immersive education stalls, food/dessert trucks, gold panning, tortoise racing and themed photo ops, as well as the many nonprofit booths that will be around the grounds, it’s one of our favorite and biggest events of the year and you don’t want to miss it!!

🦕 🦖it’s almost DINO TIME! 🦕😍 HMOC is bringing back one of our absolute favorite FREE family and pet friendly events!! W...
05/28/2026

🦕 🦖it’s almost DINO TIME! 🦕😍 HMOC is bringing back one of our absolute favorite FREE family and pet friendly events!! We all know Orange County is amazing, but did you know we can trace it back to prehistoric eras?!

Together with friends from all over Orange County on Saturday June 13th we’ll be demonstrating the variety of histories and cultures that we have right here in SoCal in a FUN event!

With roaming dinosaur characters, Jurassic Park Jeeps, fossils, paleontologists, archaeology, crafts, Blacksmith shop demos, immersive education stalls, food/dessert trucks, gold panning, tortoise racing and themed photo ops, as well as the many nonprofit booths that will be around the grounds, it’s one of our favorite and biggest events of the year and you don’t want to miss it!!

🗓️ Saturday, June 13th

⏰ 10am to 3pm (stay tuned for detailed schedule announced later)

📍 3101 W Harvard, Santa Ana

💻 HeritageMuseumOC.org

05/28/2026

🎃🕸️🖤Throwin’ back to when stopped by to check out Creep It Real OC ( ) Last year and they went into our “House of Creepy Corridors” featuring pumpkins from , stop motion art from , a kitchen full of fun nostalgia including Monster Cereal Boxes from and the most gorgeous dining room ever decorated by !

We can’t wait to show you what is being conjured up for this year’s Kellogg House!

Tickets on sale now at CreepItRealOC.com 🎟️

🦕 🦖SAVE THE DATE! 🦕😍it’s Dino time! HMOC is bringing back one of our absolute favorite FREE events!! We all know Orange ...
05/21/2026

🦕 🦖SAVE THE DATE! 🦕😍it’s Dino time! HMOC is bringing back one of our absolute favorite FREE events!! We all know Orange County is amazing, but did you know we can trace it back to prehistoric eras?!

Together with friends from all over Orange County we’ll be demonstrating the variety of histories and cultures that we have right here in SoCal in a FUN family and pet friendly event!

We have an amazing list of vendors and exhibitors, with more being added daily, that are going to join us for this fun community event and we want to make sure you join us too!

With roaming dinosaur characters, Jurassic Park Jeeps, fossils, paleontologists, archaeology, crafts, Blacksmith shop demos, immersive education stalls, food/dessert trucks, gold panning, tortoise racing and themed photo ops, as well as the many nonprofit booths that will be around the grounds, it’s one of our favorite and biggest events of the year and you don’t want to miss it!!

👻THIS Friday explore the infamous haunted Victorian Kellogg House at with a historical ghost tour led by paranormal hos...
05/13/2026

👻THIS Friday explore the infamous haunted Victorian Kellogg House at with a historical ghost tour led by paranormal hostess . Meet the spirits that many have encountered throughout the history of this iconic Orange County home near

🪦Tickets booking now at link in bio or at
hauntedoc.com/ghost-tours/the-kellogg-house/

🤗 HMOC and Santa Ana Unified Schools have teamed up on a very special project with support from to work with the elemen...
05/11/2026

🤗 HMOC and Santa Ana Unified Schools have teamed up on a very special project with support from to work with the elementary school kids on a Friendship Quilt representing their schools and the students! We’re thrilled to have welcomed the kids at the Museum and want everyone to see the finished quilt project with a special opening day Sunday June 7th from 11-3 with Open House admission giving you access to our Kellogg House tours and full 12 acre property!

See you at the Museum!

🤩 May all your days be fun at HMOC, and to help you with that, we have an AMAZING Calendar of Events filled up with so m...
05/04/2026

🤩 May all your days be fun at HMOC, and to help you with that, we have an AMAZING Calendar of Events filled up with so much good stuff in the month of May!

From our twice monthly HMOC Open Houses; to the always popular unique and creative immersive opportunities; Vintage & Handmade Marketplace returning; and the super cute bringing us their Disney Inspired shopping experience “A Golden Afternoon”…Spring has sprung here at the Museum and we’re so here for it!!

🤗Get all the details and view our full calendar at HeritageMuseumOC.org

📣 We welcome a special Traveling Exhibition to our 2 May public Open Houses! Presented by the OC Jewish Historical Soci...
04/30/2026

📣 We welcome a special Traveling Exhibition to our 2 May public Open Houses!

Presented by the OC Jewish Historical Society, a program of the Merage Jewish Community Center of Orange County.

Title: Jews of Orange County: Our Story
Location: Quilter’s Cottage – HMOC
Dates and Time: 5/3, 5/17 during Open House 11:00-3:00

Sunday! 🤩 Join us for a day of Victorian fun at our April HMOC Open House!Enjoy fun Open House activities such as guide...
04/14/2026

Sunday! 🤩 Join us for a day of Victorian fun at our April HMOC Open House!

Enjoy fun Open House activities such as guided Docent and self led historic 1898 Kellogg House tours; self led nature walks through our 12 acre Museum grounds; demos from the OC Blacksmith Guild in our Blacksmith Shop and more!

Our schedule of fun:

Parlor Stories 12 noon to 1pm

Speaker: Darcy Staniforth Anderson

Title: “Souls on Film: How Postmortem Photography Pierces the Veil”

Description: Postmortem and Spirit Photography.

**Ongoing

Blacksmith Demonstrations

Adobe Self-Guided Tours

Farm and Nature Self-Guided Tours

11:00-1:30 Kellogg House Self-Guided Tours (Included)

1:30-2:30 Kellogg Guided Tour w/Docent (Additional Charge)

Tickets can be purchased at the gate the day of.

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**Entrance to the Museum for non-members: Your $10 (or $5 for children 12 and under) HMOC Open House admission allows you full entrance to the Museum grounds, self led Kellogg House tours during the hours that Docent led tours are not occurring as well as exterior Museum activities during the entirety of the Museum Open House hours of 11am to 3pm!

An additional $5 ticket add-on can be purchased to allow you to join one of the exclusive themed and timed Docent Led Guided Tours depending on availability!**

👻😱It’s BACK! Our last Victorian Paranormal Investigation sold out in less than a day, act NOW to join us for part 2 on M...
04/14/2026

👻😱It’s BACK! Our last Victorian Paranormal Investigation sold out in less than a day, act NOW to join us for part 2 on May 2nd! Tickets are LIVE, but the ghosts aren’t! Only 26 spots available for this EXCLUSVE and rare HMOC paranormal investigation night with fan favorite ghost host and paranormal coordinator , this time with an extra special VIP tier add on with exclusive perks AND extended event hours available!

Join us for a guided investigation of the 1898 Victorian home with tales of the Kellogg Family and your chance to explore the family house independently or with the group as you communicate with the spirits that reside here.

Due to the graphic nature of the family stories, no small children are allowed.

🎟️ Find all the details and ticket info at the link in our bio or at givebutter.com/paranormalHMOC, these will sell out FAST so don’t miss out!

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3101 W Harvard Street
Santa Ana, CA
92704

Telephone

(714) 540-0404

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